Phone Comparison - HTC Desire C vs Sony Xperia U vs HTC Legend

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Sony HTC
Announced May 2012 February 2012 February 2010
Status Available - June 2012 Available - May 2012 Available - March 2010
Colors Polar White, Stealth Black, Flamenco Red Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye Gray, Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 107.2 x 60.6 x 12.3 mm
(4.22 x 2.39 x 0.48 in)
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
112 x 56.3 x 11.5 mm
(4.41 x 2.22 x 0.45 in)
Weight 100 g (3.53 oz) 110 g (3.88 oz) 126 g (4.44 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair)
Processor 600 MHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 600 MHz ARM 11, Qualcomm MSM7227
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 200
RAM N/A 512 MB 384 MB
Internal Memory 4 GB storage 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible) N/A
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 3.5 inches 3.2 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.03% 55.77% 48.51%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio TBD Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 107 kbps Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 296 kbps Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB storage 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM 384 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB No microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1230 mAh 1320 mAh 1300 mAh
Stand by Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Up to 440 h (2G)
Up to 560 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
Up to 7 h (2G)
Up to 6 h 10 min (3G)